Parklife Perth 2008
For the first time in 2008, an extra stage has been introduced to highlight nothing but the finest of Perth’s dance and electronic acts. As the crowds come and the temperature rises, so does the excitement for this stage devoted entirely to the best from the West. They’ll be delivering their goods to a massive audience and right up there alongside some of the world’s best.
Proudly paying tribute to our local scene, LIVE & LOCAL will take it one step further, one bleep longer and one hand-in-the-air higher.
Read on for more info on all local artists playing at Parklife Perth.
Live & Local Stage
Super Supreme Team DJs
If Pizza came with as much Booty-bounce as it did cheese then the Super Supreme Team would always deliver. Made up from local electro heroes PETROSEX, AMNESIA EFFECT, FRIEND, TCEE & MC Bowser, these boys have made crowds sweaty to their bass heavy sounds they emit. Having earned a name for themselves supporting international’s such as Pase Rock, Drop the Lime, Institubes Paris Terror Club, Nightmoves & Bag Raiders they continue to smash it at electro haven TICK TOCK as part of their party jamming Saturday residency. Super Supreme Team have wowed kids by joining like Voltron, to become a multi armed FX buzzing track splicing monster that entertains with unpredictable antics and FUN! Party tunes. Spinning B-more, baile funk, electro, hip house, 80’s rock and classic hip hop and beyond, watch out as this boys sizzle with jams hotter than pepperoni.
Brash and Sassy
Described as Italo-Disco/Pop/New Wave, these ladies have hit Perth in a devastatingly over sensual, yet welcome way. Voted Best Electronic Act in the 2008 WAMI’s, finalists in the 2007 WAM Song of the year Competition, and they were selected as a Wildcard in the 2008 Garage to V Competition. Their soon to be released single ‘No Milk for you’ was also included on the 2007 Kiss My WAMi compilation CD.
Check them out on MySpace!
Future Frog
 Future Frog aka Josh – one-quarter of Electric Limosine and one-half of Bourgeois Bogan DJs – kicked off his illustrious DJ career after being booked to play at a party. After experimenting with all sorts of equipment, and sometimes vinyl, he produced a sound which jammed together a mish mash of different genres live, creating quite a stir in the local underground. Since those heady days Future Frog has honed his DJ skills to an art form, and is now regularly seen slamming down 4 or 5 tracks at once. From Electro to Punk to Italio Disco to House to R’nB, whilst busting out effects and generally going a little bit crazy in the DJ booth.
Check him out on MySpace!
Lo-Key Fu
Every year Lo-Key Fu brings us Perthites something special, and this year we get a double serving his elite sounds. Now playing his third Boomtick event, Lo-Key Fu is a wonder in disguise. Once a member of the now defunct Rollerskates, and with a few tremendous tracks out to date, his live set is in a class of its own, and definitely worth checking out.
Check Him out on MySpace!
Turbine 37
Coming from an extensive and impressive background as a live musician (guitarist, vocalist), Turbine 37 performs a full live production featuring guitar, drums and live samples, giving you spine cracking bass lines and floor stomping beats - a unique blend of breaks to drum'n'bass, and one hell of a live show! Working with local purveyors of fine nights out Deuce, Turbine 37 is fast becoming one of Perth’s hottest must see acts!
The Takers
The Takers are T-Mac and Sound Of Sam, two mates from down Freo way who excel in the blending of big breakbeats and basslines, bangin’ grooves, fat funky grabs with a barrel of tricks to boot! A live mix using all the latest mod-cons painstainkingly developed with a busload of vinyl and what they like to call, Modern day wizardry. If you missed them at The Big Day Out and Major Break earlier this year then this is your prime opportunity to witness the fitness.
Check out their website!
Triple J Unearthed Winners - Voltaire Twins
The Voltaire Twins have only been around for a matter months, but they’ve already set tongues wagging, both in Perth and on the east coast.
The dynamic brother-sister combination delivers sharp electro hooks with dance floor splitting energy. Their music combines growling synth bass lines and highly danceable beats with boy-girl dueling vocals. Fun, catchy and unstoppably dancey, the Voltaire Twins are double your pleasure and twice as nice.
Check them out on MySpace!
Shazam
 Starting out making tracks on a Casio at age 10, acquiring a Moog from his highschool science room and then getting his name on 12”s in the US as a remixer at age 16, Shazam has now arrived at destroying clubs everywhere as both producer and DJ.
Known for always bringing something fresh to the table, Shazam is a producer making tracks for dancefloors rather than blogs or magazine launches. A very welcome change from the flood of Daft Banger that has overrun charts, clubs and car radios at traffic lights in recent history, he knows how to inject the right amount of bump into a track, not getting caught up in the all too prominent contest of who can bang the hardest and chop the most crooked.
Local Perth artists at Parklife 2008
Ben Mac
In 1998, Ben Mac made a smart move to Perth and his career as a DJ took shape. At that time, Perth’s underground dance music scene was starting to thrive as band sets at bars were replaced with DJ sets. By 2001, Ben Mac had regular bookings at many of Perth’s leading dance clubs – he also nabbed his first few sets at Ambar. Here, he discovered breakbeat and neither Ben, nor Ambar, have looked back.
So, what’s his style? Always keeping it fresh and never restricting himself to one style, his sets flow in and out of hip hop, mid-tempo breakbeat, house, proper party breakbeat and good old tech/tribal house. A resident at Ambar since 2001, you can catch Ben Mac rocking it out ‘til the wee hours of the morning at regular club nights Japan 4, Habitat and part of the Break-A-Holics (BAA) crew. 2007 was an award winning year for Ben Mac, seeing him voted Number 1 House DJ in the Perth Dance Music Awards 2007, as well as coming in at #6 in WA in the INTHEMIX Top 50 DJ Poll. 2008 saw Ben Mac nab #10 in the ITM TOP 10 DJs in WA.
Check out Ben Mac on MySpace!
Petrosex
Petrosex bangs beats tastier than Baba ganoush! Notorious under the guises of Bourgeois Bogan DJ's (with Future Frog) and the now defunct Mystery Flight DJ's Petrosex has wowed the crowds and amazed the masses. Petrosex had his first radio rotation on JJJ with his remix of Mel Robinson's song "RAIN" (early 2005), and has since been working on more Remix and production work, whilst managing and running the burgeoning Bourgeois Bogan promotional company.
Check him out on MySpace!
The Transients
 Within a very short time The Transients have begun to turn heads, starting with being a featured artist on MySpace and winning the WAMi Song of the year late 2007, to hitting #1 on the Triple J Unearthed charts. They’ve caused quite a buzz on the Australian dance scene and have been described as Underworld meets the Presets. With the release of their debut EP by the end of the year, the Transients are most definitely THE band to watch.
Check them out on MySpace!
The Typhoons
 Perth-based Soul-Hop behemoth, The Typhoons have come from humble beginnings founded in years of writing and recording music and gigging, they’re a tight knit group of classically and jazz trained musicians. Adopting the ‘do-it-yourself’ ethos and possessing a nose- to- the- grindstone work ethic, this ensemble are setting their sights on bigger things. Voted ‘Best Live Act’ in the Perth Dance Music Awards 2007, they’ve wowed crowds all over town, their performance warming up for Lyrics Born last month creating quite a stir. Be sure to catch these guys in action!
Check them out on MySpace!
Tickets still available!
SECOND RELEASE: $115 + BF
Available from: LIVE Clothing, Planet Video, Mills Records, 78 records
Moshtix Outlets: Rockeby Records (Subiaco), Jumbo (Bicton), Galaxy (Como), The Spot @ Curtin Uni, Groove Music (Mundaring), Red Stripe Clothing (Northbridge) and Dirt Cheap CDs (City and West Perth)
Online: Parklife website and Moshtix
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